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Albania at Eurovision

Albania first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 and has entered 22 contests. It has never won; its best result is 5th place, in 2012.

22
contests: 0
wins: 5th
best

first song: 2004
contests: 22
wins: none
best result: 5th — 2012
in the final: 13 of 22 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in: English (12), Albanian (12)

Every song

All 23 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year	Artist	Song	Result	Points
2026 Vienna	Alis	“Nân” Albanian	13th of 25	145
2025 Basel	Shkodra Elektronike	“Zjerm” Albanian	8th of 26	218
2024 Malmö	Besa	“Titan” English	Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 16)	14
2023 Liverpool	Albina and Familja Kelmendi	“Duje” Albanian	22nd of 26	76
2022 Turin	Ronela Hajati	“Sekret” Albanian, English	Out in semi-final 1 (12th of 17)	58
2021 Rotterdam	Anxhela Peristeri	“Karma” Albanian	21st of 26	57
2020 Rotterdam	Arilena Ara	“Fall from the Sky” English	Contest cancelled	—
2019 Tel Aviv	Jonida Maliqi	“Ktheju tokës” Albanian	17th of 26	90
2018 Lisbon	Eugent Bushpepa	“Mall” Albanian	11th of 26	184
2017 Kyiv	Lindita	“World” English	Out in semi-final 1 (14th of 18)	76
2016 Stockholm	Eneda Tarifa	“Fairytale” English	Out in semi-final 2 (16th of 18)	45
2015 Vienna	Elhaida Dani	“I'm Alive” English	17th of 27	34
2014 Copenhagen	Hersi	“One Night's Anger” English	Out in semi-final 1 (15th of 16)	22
2013 Malmö	Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko	“Identitet” Albanian	Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 17)	31
2012 Baku	Rona Nishliu	“Suus” Albanian	5th of 26	146
2011 Düsseldorf	Aurela Gaçe	“Feel the Passion” English	Out in semi-final 1 (14th of 19)	47
2010 Oslo	Juliana Pasha	“It's All About You” English	16th of 25	62
2009 Moscow	Kejsi Tola	“Carry Me in Your Dreams” English	17th of 25	48
2008 Belgrade	Olta Boka	“Zemrën e lamë peng” Albanian	17th of 25	55
2007 Helsinki	Frederik Ndoci	“Hear My Plea” English, Albanian	Out in the semi-final (17th of 28)	49
2006 Athens	Luiz Ejlli	“Zjarr e ftohtë” Albanian	Out in the semi-final (14th of 23)	58
2005 Kyiv	Ledina Çelo	“Tomorrow I Go” English	16th of 24	53
2004 Istanbul	Anjeza Shahini	“The Image of You” English	7th of 24	106

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Albania, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

2026
- RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2025
- RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2024
- RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2023
- RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2022
- RTSH 1, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2021
- RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2019
- RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2018
- RTSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2016
- TVSH, RTSH HD Andri Xhahu
- RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2015
- TVSH Andri Xhahu
2014
- TVSH, RTSH Muzikë, Radio Tirana Andri Xhahu
2011
- TVSH Leon Menkshi
2008
- RTSH

In our contest stories

Lines about Albania from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

2004 Two nights
Albania, Andorra, Belarus and Serbia and Montenegro were there for the first time.
2004 The result
Albania's debut finished seventh.
2005 A minimum number of votes
It happened three times in the semi-final, to Albania, Andorra and Monaco, and three times in the final, to Andorra, Moldova and Monaco.
2006 The result
Only three countries gave Finland no points at all: Albania, Monaco and Armenia.
2008
The Serbian government guaranteed the safety of everyone taking part, the delegations from Albania, Croatia and Israel were given special protection, and the contest passed without incident.
2012 The result
Albania's fifth place was its best result ever.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Albania was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.